The Agony and the Ecstasy
by Carol Reed
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Actor: Alberto Lupo, Charlton Heston, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Rex HarrisonDirector: Carol Reed
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Latin (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie Review: It is yours only when I give it to you.......
Summary: 4 Stars
Curious story of what can result when we are pushed beyond our anticipated limits by unusual mentors. Another appropriate title could have been..."The stubborn vs the headstrong" Both lead did a wonderful job of bringing their charactoers from the screen into the living room. Loved this line....."It is yours only when I give it to you."
Summary of The Agony and the Ecstasy
Carol Reed (The Third Man) directed this 1965 portrait of the relationship between Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) and Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison), who commissioned the artist to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Based on a novel by Irving Stone, the script plods along, juggling the dynamics between the two men along with a somewhat perfunctory love story and distracting battle sequences. Reed seems more attuned to the nuances and great pains of the artistic process, as seen in sequences of Michelangelo working. But the overall focus of the film is unfortunately fuzzy. --Tom KeoghCharlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colorful figures in this historical drama based on Irving Stone's best-seller set in the early 16th century. When Pope Julius ll (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees to Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie. Nominated for an Oscar? Cinematography and named one of the year's best films by the National Board of Review.
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